A fundamental problem in phonological theory is the fact that processes often operate on
consistent subsets of the distinctive features within a segment, like the features that …

A theory of neurolinguistic function is proposed to explain fluency and the production of
stuttered and nonstuttered speech disruptions Central to the theory is the idea that speech …

In Speaking, Willem" Pim" Levelt, Director of the Max-Planck-Institut für Psycholinguistik,
accomplishes the formidable task of covering the entire process of speech production, from …

Optimality Theory first gained wide exposure from a course taught by Prince and Smolensky
at the 1991 Summer Institute of the Linguistic Society of America. The earliest and still the …

Prosodic Phonology by Marina Nespor and Irene Vogel is finally available again." Nespor &
Vogel 1986" is a citation classic, and even after twenty years, it is still recognized as the …

This is an introduction to Optimality Theory, whose central idea is that surface forms of
language reflect resolutions of conflicts between competing constraints. A surface form is' …

Talk of linguistic universals has given cognitive scientists the impression that languages are
all built to a common pattern. In fact, there are vanishingly few universals of language in the …

The Routledge Dictionary of Language and Linguistics is a unique reference work for
students and teachers of linguistics. The highly regarded second edition of the Lexikon der …

On the notion 'feature bundle'The study of the phonological aspect of human speech has
advanced greatly over the past decades as a result of one of the fundamental discoveries of …

The structure of the CV tier and its formal descendents has been a matter of much debate in
phonological theory. The original CV tier proposed by McCarthy (1979) has been retained to …